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Medium Endurance Cutters

138′ Pawtuxet Class Topsail Schooner
Model: No

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
USRC/USCGC Levi Woodbury
(former Mahoning)
1873 – 1915 Longest serving Revenue Cutter Wik

182′ Kankakee Class Paddle wheeler River Patrol Cutter
Commissioned as riverboats without hull numbers
Paddle wheelers used for flood relief on the Mississippi
Model: No

Designation Name Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Kankakee 1919 – 1925
USCGC Yocona 1919 – 1925

200′ Coast Guard Eagle Class Patrol Boat
Acquired from the Navy
Retained the Navy hull number with “CG” added
Named for crewmen of USCGC Tampa
Most only stayed in service less than 2 years
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC McGourty (ex USS Eagle-16) CGE 16 1919 – 1922 NS
USCGC Scally (ex Eagle-20) CGE 20 1920 – 1920
USCGC Bothwell (ex USS Eagle-21) CGE 21 1919 – 1921
USCGC Earp (ex USS Eagle-22) CGE 22 1920 – 1923
USCGC Carr (ex USS Eagle-30) CGE 30 1919 – 1922

110′ Coast Guard SC-1 Class Subchaser
Acquired from the Navy
Retained the Navy hull number with “CG” added
Named for crewmen of USCGC Tampa
Most only stayed in service less than 2 years
A few hung in to enforce the Neutrality Laws
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Quigley (ex USS SC-22) CGSC 22 1919 – 1922 Wiki
USCGC Richards (ex USS SC-27) CGSC 27 1919 – 1923 Wiki
USCGC Hansen (ex USS SC-68) CGSC 68 1920 – 1927
USCGC Newbury (ex SC-70) CGSC 70 1919 – 1923
USCGC Vaughn (ex USS SC-152) CGSC 152 1920 – 1928 NS
USCGC Taylor (ex USS SC-153) CGSC 153 1920 – 1921 NS
USCGC Smith (ex USS SC-155) CGSC 155 1919 – 1937
USCGC Tingard (ex USS SC-183) CGSC 183 1919 – 1937 NS
USCGC Mehelotos (ex USS SC-197) CGSC 197 1919 – 1923
USCGC Ovesen (ex USS SC-199) CGSC 199 1919 – 1923
USCGC Larsen (ex USS SC-203) CGSC 203 1919 – 1923
USCGC Adams (ex USS SC-268) CGSC 268 1920 – 1922
USCGC Deering (ex USS SC-333) CGSC 333 1920 – 1922
USCGC Talley (ex USS SC-334) CGSC 417 1920 – 1922
USCGC Cygan (ex USS SC-335) CGSC 335 1919 – 1936 NS
USCGC Hahn (ex USS SC-415) CGSC 415 1921 – 1923 NS
USCGC Stellenwerf (ex USS SC-417) CGSC 417 1919 – 1922
USCGC Knudson (ex USS SC-431) CGSC 431 1919 – 1921 NS
USCGC Klingelhoefer (ex USS SC-433) CGSC 433 1919 – 1921 NS
USCGC Johannson (ex USS SC-435) CGSC 435 1919 – 1922
USCGC Cook (ex USS SC-438) (later Bonneville) CGSC 438 1916 – 1935 Cook would rejoin the Coast Guard in WWII
as an Academy training cutter
Renamed Bonneville
NS

125′ Active Class “Buck and a Quarters” Cruising Cutter Second Class
Part of a massive expansion by ADM Frederick Billard
Commissioned as Second Class Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939, reclassified as Subchasers
Numbers were assigned alphabetically, not by date of commission
Active was the lead ship and was assigned the lowest hull number
The 125s were officially referred to as the Active Class
Reclassified as Coastal Patrol Boats after the war
Reclassified as Medium Endurance Cutters in 1967
Morris was the last operational 125 – decommissioned in 1970
Cuyahoga was an OCS training cutter until 1978
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Active WSC 125 1927 – 1963
USCGC Agassiz WSC 126 1927 – 1969 CGH
USCGC Alert WSC 127 1927 – 1969 CGH
USCGC Bedloe WSC 128 1927 – 1944 Lost in storm CGP
USCGC Bonham WSC 129 1926 – 1959
USCGC Boutwell WSC 130 1927 – 1964
USCGC Cahoone WSC 131 1927 – 1968 CGH
USCGC Cartigan WSC 132 1927 – 1968 CGH
USCGC Colfax WSC 133 1927 – 1954
USCGC Crawford WSC 134 1927 – 1947
USCGC Diligence WSC 135 1927 – 1961
USCGC Dix WSC 136 1927 – 1948
USCGC Ewing WSC 137 1927 – 1969
USCGC Faunce WSC 138 1927 – 1948
USCGC Frederick Lee WSC 139 1927 – 1964
USCGC General Greene WSC 140 1927 – 1968 Sold off – later seized by CG smuggling drugs CGH
CGP
USCGC Harriet Lane WSC 141 1927 – 1946
USCGC Jackson WSC 142 1927 – 1944 Lost in a storm CGP
USCGC Kimball WSC 143 1927 – 1968
USCGC Legare WSC 144 1927 – 1968
USCGC Marion WSC 145 1927 – 1962
USCGC McLane WSC 146 1927 – 1968 Sank RO-32 on 9 July 1942
USCGC Morris WSC 147 1927 – 1970 To Sea Scout Program
USCGC Nemaha WSC 148 1927 – 1948
USCGC Pulaski WSC 149 1927 – 1948
USCGC Reliance WSC 150 1927 – 1947
USCGC Rush WSC 151 1927 – 1947
USCGC Tiger WSC 152 1927 – 1947 CGH
USCGC Travis WSC 153 1927 – 1962
USCGC Vigilant WSC 154 1927 – 1956
USCGC Woodbury WSC 155 1927 – 1946
USCGC Yeaton WSC 156 1927 – 1969
USCGC Cuyahoga WSC/WIX 157 1927 – 1978 Typical operations until 1957
1957 to 1959: OCS training cutter in New London
1959: Transferred to Yorktown as OCS training cutter
20 October 1978: Lost in collision with MV Santa Cruz II
CGH

165’B Thetis Class Cruising Cutter Second Class
Part of a massive expansion by ADM Frederick Billard
Commissioned as Second Class Cruising Cutters without hull numbers
Hull numbers were assigned in 1939, reclassified Coastal Patrol Boats
Numbers were assigned alphabetically, not by date of commission
Thetis was the lead ship, but Argo was assigned the lowest hull number
The 165As were officially referred to as the Thetis Class
Ariadne was decommissioned in 1967
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Argo WPC 100 1933 – 1948 CGH
USCGC Ariadne WPC 101 1934 – 1969 Wiki
USCGC Atalanta WPC 102 1934 – 1950
USCGC Aurora WPC 103 1931 – 1968 CGH
USCGC Calypso WPC 104 1942 – 1947 Link
USCGC Cyane WPC 105 1934 – 1950 CGH
USCGC Daphne WPC 106 1934 – 1946
USCGC Dione WPC 107 1934 – 1963 CGH
USCGC Galatea WPC 108 1933 – 1948
USCGC Hermes WPC 109 1932 – 1948
USCGC Icarus WPC 110 1932 – 1946 Sank U-352 – To Dominican Republic CGH
USCGC Nemesis WPC 111 1934 – 1964 Wiki
USCGC Nike WPC 112 1934 – 1964
USCGC Pandora WPC 113 1934 – 1959
USCGC Perseus WPC 114 1932 – 1959
USCGC Thetis WPC 115 1931 – 1947 Sank U-157
USCGC Triton WPC 116 1934 – 1967
USCGC Electra 1934 – 1936 1936 – Decommissioned
1936 – 1945 USS Potomac (AG-25) – President Roosevelt’s yacht
1945 – Decommissioned as CGC Electra
1946 – Maryland Tidewater Fisheries Commission
1960 – Privately owned
1980 – Seized as a drug runner
Currently owned by the Potomac Association in Oakland
NS

110′ SC-1 Class Coastal Patrol Boat
Acquired from the Navy
Assigned to the CARIBSEAFRON
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Boone WPC 335 1943 – 1945 CARIBSEAFRON
USCGC Blaze WPC 336 1943 – 1945 CARIBSEAFRON CGH
NS
USCGC Bowstring WPC 365 1943 – 1945 CARIBSEAFRON
USCGC Bellville WPC 372 1943 – 1945 CARIBSEAFRON CGH
NS

230′ Storis Light Icebreaker
Built as a supply cutter for the Greenland patrol
Basically a stretched 180′ buoy tender with an Duck on the fantail
Stationed in Boston after the war
1 July 1957 Set out with CGCs Spar and Bramble to find
a deep water channel through the Arctic Ocean
This transit ended the 450 year search for the Northwest Passage
Returned to Greenland via the passage and then transited to Alaska
via the Panama Canal becoming the first cutter to
circumnavigate the North American Continent
Performed ice breaking duty until 1972
Converted to Medium Endurance Cutter
Decommissioned in 2007
Known as the Galloping Coast of the Alaskan Coast
Queen of the Fleet 1991 to 2007
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Num Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Storis WAG/WAGB/WAGL/WMEC 38 1942 – 2007 CGH

Misc River Patrol Boats
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USRC/USCGC Pamlico 158′ WPR 1907 – 1946 Designed with a shallow draft for inland cruising
Stationed in New Bern, NC and became a fixture in the community
Transported many Congressional and press parties to New Bern
Naval Reserve training ship in WWI
Classified a WPR in 1939 and served through WWII
One of her crewmen from 1940 to 1943 was Steward’s Mate Alex Haley
When informed of her pending decommissioning, New Bern had their Congressman intercede with the Commandant to save the ship
Finally decommissioned on 6 September 1946 after 40 years of service
A plaque commemorating her service was dedicated on 28 April 1990
Alex Haley helped in the dedication
CGH

110′ SC-497 Class Subchaser
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC “Air” Class WSC 1946 Never operational
For a list of names see Link
CGH

184′ PCE Class Coastal Patrol Boat
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Jackson (ex USS PCE(R)-858) WPC 120 1946 – 1947 NS
USCGC Bedloe (ex USS PCE(R)-858) WPC 121 1946 – 1947

180′ Cactus Class
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Picture
USCGC Evergreen WAGL/WLB
WAGO/WMEC
295 1943 – 1990 1943: Commissioned as an Auxiliary Buoy Tender
1967: Redesignated as a Large Buoy Tender
1975: Redesignated as an Oceanographic Research Vessel
1986: Redesignated as a Medium Endurance Cutter
CGH

205′ Navajo Class
Acquired from the Navy to replace retiring 125s and 165s
Originally classified as Fleet Tugs
Some retained their navy name and hull numbers
Others were renamed and/or renumbered
Known only as 205s – no other class designation
Reclassified as Medium Endurance Cutters in 1967
Tamaroa was decommissioned in 1994
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Cherokee
(ex USS Cherokee
AT/ATF 66)
WAT/WMEC 165 1946 – 1990 NS
USCGC Tamaroa
(ex USS Zuni
AT/ATF 95)
WAT/WMEC 166 1946 – 1994 Commissioned in 1943 as USS Zuni
Acquired by the Coast Guard in 1946
Served in NY until 1985, then in New Castle, NH
14 March 1963 – Became the first Coast Guard submarine
In drydock when disgruntled crewman opened the seacocks
sinking both the drydock and the Tam
Most famous for participating in the
“No Name Storm of Halloween 1991”
Made famous by the book and movie Perfect Storm
The cutter in the movie was digital
The producers chose to depict Tam as a sleek new cutter
with a flight deck even though she was a matronly old tug boat
The last of the post-war Navy acquisitions to de decommissioned
Currently a museum ship in Richmond, VA
CGH
USCGC Avoyel WAT/WMEC 150 1956 – 1969 NS
USCGC Chilula WAT/WMEC 153 1956 – 1991 NS
USCGC Lipan WMEC 85 1980 – 1988 Wiki
USCGC Ute WMEC 76 1980 – 1988 NS

213′ Diver Class
Acquired from the Navy to replace retiring 125s and 165s
Originally classified as Fleet Tugs
Some retained their navy name and hull numbers
Others were renamed and/or renumbered
Known only as 213s – no other class designation
Reclassified Medium Endurance Cutters in 1967
Acushnet was decommissioned in 2011
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Acushnet
(ex USS Shackle
ARS 9)
WAT/WMEC 167 1946 – 2012 Commissioned in 1944 as USS Shackle (ARS 9)
Transferred to the Coast Guard in 1946
Served in Boston
Took part in the Two Tankers Rescue in 1952
and on International Ice Patrol cruises
1968 to 1971: Oceanographic Research Cutter (WAGO)
Attached to Office of Naval Research
and Scripps Oceanographic Institute
as part of the NOAA National Data Buoy Project
Became known as NOAA’s Ark
1978: designated a Medium Endurance Cutter
1990: transferred to Eureka, CA and operated in Alaskan waters
1998: Transferred to Ketchikan, AK
Queen of the Fleet from 2007 to 2011
CGH
USCGC Yocona
(ex USS Seize
ARS 26)
/WAT/WMEC 168 1946 – 1996 CGH
NS
USCGC Escape WMEC 6 1980 – 1988 CGH
NS

143′ Sotoyomo Class
Acquired from the Navy to replace retiring 125s and 165s
Originally classified as Fleet Tugs
Some retained their navy name and hull numbers
Others were renamed and/or renumbered
Known only as 143s – no other class designation
Reclassified as Medium Endurance Cutters in 1967
Comanche was decommissioned in 1980
Model: Yes

Designation Name Classn Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Comanche
(ex USS Wampanoag
ATA 202)
WATA/WMEC 202 1959 – 1980 Wiki
USCGC Modoc
(ex USS Bagaduce
ATR 121)
/WATA/WMEC 194 1959 – 1979 Pearl Modoc – B&B in Gig Harbor WA CGH

210′ Reliance Class
Commissioned as Coastal Patrol Boats
With the 378s, first new CG built capital ship since 1936
The 210s were officially referred to as the Reliance Class
Reclassified as Medium Endurance Cutters in 1967
Will be replaced by the National Security Cutter, Medium
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Reliance WPC/WMEC 615 1964 – Active CGP
USCGC Diligence WPC/WMEC 616 1946 – Active CGH
CGP
USCGC Vigilant WPC/WMEC 617 1964 – Active CGH
CGP
USCGC Active WPC/WMEC 618 1965 – Active CGH
CGP
USCGC Confidence WPC/WMEC 619 1966 – Active CGH
CGP
USCGC Resolute WPC/WMEC 620 1966 – Active CGH
CGP
USCGC Valiant WPC/WMEC 621 1967 – Active CGH
USCGC Courageous WPC/WMEC 622 1968 – Active
USCGC Steadfast WPC/WMEC 623 1968 – Active CGH
USCGC Dauntless WPC/WMEC 624 1968 – Active CGH
CGP
USCGC Venturous WPC/WMEC 625 1968 – Active CGH
USCGC Dependable WPC/WMEC 626 1968 – Active CGH
USCGC Vigorous WPC/WMEC 627 1969 – Active CGH
USCGC Durable WPC/WMEC 628 1968 – Active
USCGC Decisive WPC/WMEC 629 1968 – Active CGH
USCGC Alert WPC/WMEC 630 1969 – Active CGH
CGP

270 Famous Class Medium Endurance Cutter
Designed to replace the 327s
Commissioned as Medium Endurance Cutters
Named for famous cutters of the past
The 270s are officially referred to as the Famous Class
Will remain in service for the foreseeable future
Model: Yes

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Pictures
USCGC Bear WMEC 901 1983 – Active CGH
USCGC Tampa WMEC 902 1984 – Active CGH
USCGC Harriet Lane WMEC 903 1984 – Active CGH
CGH
USCGC Northland WMEC 904 1984 – Active
USCGC Spencer WMEC 905 1986 – Active CGH
USCGC Seneca WMEC 906 1987 – Active CGH
USCGC Escanaba WMEC 907 1987 – Active
USCGC Tahoma WMEC 908 1988 – Active CGH
USCGC Campbell WMEC 909 1988 – Active CGH
USCGC Thetis WMEC 910 1989 – Active
USCGC Forward WMEC 911 1990 – Active CGH
USCGC Legare WMEC 912 1990 – Active CGH
USCGC Mohawk WMEC 913 1991 – Active CGH

282’ Edenton Class Medium Endurance Cutter
Commissioned in 1971 as USS Edenton
Acquired by the Coast Guard in 1999
Named for author Alex Haley
Acquired ti replace the aging Acushnet
Serves in Alaska
Alex Haley joined the Coast Guard in 1939 as a Steward
He developed his writing skills during the Pacific war
After the war he petitioned the Coast Guard to creat a photojournalist rate
Haley became the first Coast Guard PJ and the first PJ Chief Petty Officer
Haley retired from the Coast Guard in 1959
He worked as an interviewer for Playboy
and had an impressive list of interviewees
His first book was The Autobiography of Malcolm X
In 1976 he published Roots
Haley died in 1992
Model: No

Designation Name Class Hull Service Comments Picture
USCGC Alex Haley
(ex USS Edenton)
WMEC 39 2000 – Active